But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
CHAPTER 2 2 Timothy 2:1-7 1. Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 1. Tu ergo, fili mi, fortis esto in gratia, quae est in Christo Iesu. 2. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 2.
Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:1-26
I. Paul here exhorts Timothy to beware of youthful lusts, Ti2 2:22. Though he was a holy good man, very much mortified to the world, yet Paul thought it necessary to caution him against youthful lusts: "Flee them, take all possible care and pains to keep thyself pure from them." The lusts of the flesh are youthful lusts, which young people must carefully watch against...
Commenting on 2 Timothy 2:22-26
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid,.... Such as have no solid wisdom in them, and are foreign from the Gospel, the wisdom of God in a mystery, and are not useful and unedifying; such ought to be avoided, publicly and privately; they should not be started in the public ministry, nor attended to in private conversation; as being unworthy of the notice of a minister...